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FIFA World Cup 2026Group L
PANPanama
Full time0–2
ENGEngland
SAT, 27 JUN 2026MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford
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2nd
World Cup meeting
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Panama v England: their 2nd World Cup meeting — England won the only previous meeting.

5
matches without a win
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Panama are yet to register their first win in World Cup history.

3/3
losses vs Europe
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Panama have faced European opposition 3 times at the World Cup — lost all three.

1/7
loss vs concacaf nations
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England have faced North & Central American opposition 7 times at the World Cup — only lost once.

4
Kane's World Cup goals v Panama

Harry Kane has now scored four World Cup goals against Panama — the most by any England player against a single opponent in the WC.

11
Kane — England's record WC scorer

Harry Kane is now England's all-time leading World Cup scorer with 11 goals, overtaking Gary Lineker (10).

Youngest
score-and-assist for Eng at a WC

At 22 years, 363 days, Jude Bellingham becomes the youngest England player to both score and assist in a WC match — and just the fourth overall in their history.

0
clean sheet in 6 matches

Panama have conceded in every one of their 6 World Cup matches (15 goals).

488/195
passes completed

England completed 488 passes to Panama's 195.

1st
back-to-back group win

England top their World Cup group in back-to-back tournaments for the first time — and their seven points match their best-ever group-stage haul (2006, 2022).

W4 D2
unbeaten group-stage run

England come through the group stage unbeaten in back-to-back World Cups (W4 D2) — their first such run since they did it three in a row up to 2010.

33
wins scoring first

England have won 33 of their 41 World Cup matches in which they scored first (W33 D5 L3).

6
losses to start their WC story

Panama become the sixth team ever to lose their first six World Cup matches — and three of those six have hit the mark at this edition alone (Haiti and Iraq too).

Oldest
appearance for panama

Alberto Quintero became the oldest player ever to appear for Panama at a World Cup, aged 38 years, 191 days.